Eucharist: Source of Love

“God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him (1 Jn 4:16).”  He who loves Jesus dwells with Jesus, and Jesus with him. “If a man loves Me, he will keep My word, My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him (Jn 14:23).” When St. Philip Neri received the Holy Communion as Viaticum, on seeing the Most Blessed Sacrament enter his room, he exclaimed: “Behold my love! behold my love!” Let each one of us, then, say, here in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: Behold my love! behold the object of all my love for my whole life and for all eternity. 

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Next Nocturnal Adoration:  Friday, January 7, 2011

Staying Close to the Shepherd

"Let us be careful," says St. Teresa, "never to be at a distance from Jesus our beloved Shepherd, nor to lose sight of Him; for the sheep which are near their Shepherd are always more caressed and better fed, and always receive some choice morsels of that which He Himself eats. If by chance the Shepherd sleeps, still the lamb remains near Him, and either waits until His slumber ends, or itself awakens Him; and it is then caressed with new favors." 

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Next Nocturnal Adoration:  Friday, December 3, 2010